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For Friends of the <strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong>, University of Florida Spring 2012<br />
Dr. <strong>Martin</strong> (top)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Dr. S<strong>and</strong>ra<br />
<strong>Fackler</strong> signing<br />
the endowment<br />
agreement.<br />
What’s Inside<br />
Left to right: Dr. David Guzick, sr. vice president for health affairs, president,<br />
UF&Sh<strong>and</strong>s Health System; Cecilia Botero, associate dean <strong>and</strong> director of the Health<br />
Science Center <strong>Libraries</strong>, Dr. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>Fackler</strong> <strong>and</strong> Dr. S<strong>and</strong>ra <strong>Fackler</strong>.<br />
<strong>Drs</strong>. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>ra <strong>Fackler</strong><br />
establish the Director of the Health Science<br />
Center <strong>Libraries</strong> Endowment<br />
<strong>Drs</strong>. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>ra <strong>Fackler</strong> have established the <strong>Drs</strong>. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>ra<br />
<strong>Fackler</strong> Director of Health Science Center <strong>Libraries</strong> Endowment at the University<br />
of Florida’s <strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong>. The Health Science Center <strong>Libraries</strong> are<br />
the first health science or medical library in Florida to have an endowed faculty<br />
position. This is also the first endowed faculty position in the University of Florida<br />
library system.<br />
Dr. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>Fackler</strong> is a retired Colonel with the US Army’s Medical Corps. He was a<br />
battlefield surgeon <strong>and</strong> head of the Wound Ballistics Laboratory for the U.S. Army’s<br />
Medical Training Center, Letterman Institute. He is credited with a number of<br />
contributions to the field of terminal ballistics. He has said that the Health Science<br />
Center Library was a key factor in his decision to move to Gainesville.<br />
Dr. S<strong>and</strong>ra <strong>Fackler</strong> is retired from the University of Florida Foundation, Inc.<br />
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Dr. Robert L. Egolf<br />
honored at exhibit<br />
reception; student<br />
scholarship winner<br />
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Exhibits; Capital<br />
campaign<br />
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Collaboration <strong>and</strong><br />
the Panama Canal<br />
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Authors@UF; ReadFest;<br />
Mary Jean Hanson<br />
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Kreamer comics<br />
collection; Dean Russell<br />
quoted in NY Times<br />
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NEH St. Augustine<br />
grant awarded<br />
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Dean’s message<br />
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Dr. Robert L. Egolf<br />
honored at exhibit reception<br />
by Barbara Hood<br />
Director of Communications<br />
Dr. Robert L. Egolf was the guest of honor at a reception<br />
on January 8, 2012 in the <strong>Smathers</strong> Library Gr<strong>and</strong> Reading<br />
Room for the exhibition A cataloger’s look at the Dr. Robert<br />
L. Egolf Collection. The exhibit in the <strong>Smathers</strong> gallery ran<br />
from November 11, 2011 through January 13, 2012.<br />
Dr. Egolf donated his collection of children’s literature from<br />
the nineteenth <strong>and</strong> twentieth centuries to the Baldwin Library<br />
of Historical Children’s Literature in the Depaartment of<br />
Special <strong>and</strong> Area Studies Collections. He wanted a permanent<br />
home for his books <strong>and</strong> thought that the Baldwin Library<br />
would be an excellent caretaker of the more than 2,800 volumes.<br />
Dr. Robert L. Egolf at the reception with friends.<br />
Rita Smith, then curator of the Baldwin Library said, “The<br />
new collection moves the Baldwin Library towards a higher<br />
level of excellence as a research archive. It is a gift that is<br />
much appreciated <strong>and</strong> a collection that offers material for<br />
productive exploration by scholars for years to come.”<br />
In March 2011, the cataloging <strong>and</strong> metadata department<br />
took on the assignment of completing the records of approximately<br />
1,000 titles <strong>and</strong> cataloging the remaining titles.<br />
By June 30 ten catalogers, with the assistance of the Special<br />
Collections staff, retrieved, evaluated, processed, cataloged<br />
<strong>and</strong> shelved over 2,800 books.<br />
Library faculty <strong>and</strong> staff who created the display cases for<br />
the exhibit include from left to right: Samantha Harmon,<br />
Krissy Wilson, Hank Young, Jay Albritton, Jane Anne Carey<br />
<strong>and</strong> Nicola Hill. Not pictured is Susan Constantineau.<br />
As a result of this work, the public has access to a complete<br />
description of each book: who wrote <strong>and</strong> illustrated it, who<br />
printed <strong>and</strong> published it, who engraved <strong>and</strong> typed it, when<br />
<strong>and</strong> where it was made <strong>and</strong> what it is about.<br />
The exhibit brochure is accessible at http://ufdc.ufl.edu/<br />
AA00007502/00002<br />
James <strong>and</strong> Leslie Rutherford library<br />
student assistant scholarship winner<br />
Laura Browning, a first year graduate student in the masters<br />
of elementary education program, was awarded the spring<br />
2012 James <strong>and</strong> Leslie Rutherford Library Student Assistant<br />
Scholarship. Browning works at the Library West circulation<br />
desk. An Orl<strong>and</strong>o native, Browning will begin Florida State<br />
University’s School of Library & Information Studies this<br />
summer <strong>and</strong> plans to follow the school media track. She says<br />
she is very excited about becoming a librarian.<br />
The $500 scholarship is awarded during the fall <strong>and</strong> spring<br />
semesters to a student assistant employed by the <strong>Smathers</strong><br />
<strong>Libraries</strong>.<br />
Laura Browning with Associate Dean for Scholarly<br />
Resources <strong>and</strong> Research Services Diane Bruxvoort<br />
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EXHIBITS<br />
by Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler<br />
Exhibits Coordinator<br />
The <strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
exhibition program shares, interprets<br />
<strong>and</strong> promotes the collections as well<br />
as reflects the history <strong>and</strong> scholarship<br />
of the University of Florida. Included<br />
are in-house <strong>and</strong> traveling exhibitions<br />
in nine library buildings. Additionally,<br />
permanent online exhibitions are<br />
created as companions to many of the<br />
physical displays or as st<strong>and</strong>-alones.<br />
See them at http://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu.<br />
Jewish Jacksonville<br />
<strong>Smathers</strong> Library Gallery<br />
Through June 15, 2012<br />
http://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu/<br />
jewishjacksonville<br />
Prior to the 1930s, the Jewish<br />
community of Jacksonville<br />
represented Florida’s largest <strong>and</strong> most<br />
significant Jewish population. Yet,<br />
in spite of its former preeminence,<br />
the story of this community is still<br />
little known. Jewish Jacksonville<br />
tells a portion of that history through<br />
materials from the late 19th to the end<br />
of the 20th century. Elements of Jewish<br />
family, communal <strong>and</strong> institutional<br />
life, as well as some of the ways in<br />
which Jewish people have impacted<br />
the development <strong>and</strong> structure of<br />
Jacksonville itself are highlighted.<br />
Curated by Rebecca Jefferson.<br />
Korean Art: Collecting Treasures<br />
http://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu/<br />
harnkoreanart/<br />
The <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> partnered<br />
with the Samuel P. Harn Museum<br />
of Art to create this permanent<br />
online companion to the temporary<br />
exhibition of the same name on<br />
view at the museum. The exhibition<br />
highlights the Korean donations of<br />
General James A. Van Fleet, including<br />
rare blue-<strong>and</strong>-white porcelains<br />
<strong>and</strong> hanging scroll masterpieces.<br />
Multimedia content is also included<br />
from a rare 17th-century Korean<br />
gilt wood bodhisattva which has<br />
undergone medical imaging, high<br />
resolution digitization in the round<br />
at the UF Digital Library Center, <strong>and</strong><br />
both art <strong>and</strong> paper conservation.<br />
The online exhibition was funded<br />
in part by the UF Center for the<br />
Humanities <strong>and</strong> the Public Sphere<br />
Library Enhancement Grant <strong>and</strong><br />
was curated by Jason Steuber,<br />
Allysa Browne Peyton <strong>and</strong> Lourdes<br />
Santamaría-Wheeler.<br />
Select Upcoming Exhibitions<br />
Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance<br />
Science, Magic <strong>and</strong> Medicine<br />
August 26 - October 6, 2012<br />
Health Science Center <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Artbound 2012<br />
September 10 – November 2, 2012<br />
<strong>Smathers</strong> Library Gallery<br />
Capital campaign comes to a close in September<br />
On behalf of the University of Florida’s<br />
50,000 students <strong>and</strong> 13,000 faculty<br />
<strong>and</strong> staff members, I am inviting you<br />
to make a contribution to the UF<br />
<strong>Libraries</strong>’ capital campaign. To date<br />
the libraries have raised $18 million<br />
of the $20 million goal that will end<br />
on September 30, 2012. Collectively,<br />
with your enthusiasm for supporting<br />
the libraries as an integral <strong>and</strong><br />
indispensable campus asset, we will<br />
achieve our projected goal.<br />
Unlike other campus units, each of<br />
which has identified its own campaign<br />
goal, the libraries lack one important<br />
group of supporters – alumni. In a<br />
perfect world, all UF alumni who<br />
contribute to the future of the Gator<br />
Nation also would remember to<br />
support the libraries. This would be<br />
the libraries’ dream!<br />
That’s why your presence among our<br />
donors is especially appreciated. It<br />
demonstrates your underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
of the significant role played by the<br />
libraries for providing access to electronic<br />
databases, books, maps, digital<br />
<strong>and</strong> rare collections, computers,<br />
laptops, printers, furniture <strong>and</strong> collabor <br />
a tion spaces. What would UF faculty<br />
<strong>and</strong> students do without the financial<br />
contributions of supporters like you?<br />
Given your previous interest in the<br />
libraries, I’m asking you to consider<br />
joining our efforts to raise the<br />
remaining $2 million <strong>and</strong> complete<br />
the libraries’ capital campaign goal.<br />
If you would like to make a difference<br />
at the University of Florida <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
now or beyond your life time, there are<br />
many ways you can contribute:<br />
• You can make an outright gift at this<br />
time, no matter how small<br />
• You can pledge any amount now with<br />
fulfillment by September 30, 2012<br />
• You may want to create a charitable<br />
annuity to benefit both you/your family,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the UF <strong>Libraries</strong> in the future<br />
• You can create a library fund with as<br />
little as $2,000<br />
• You may prefer to add to an existing<br />
endowment or create a new one honoring<br />
your family or a loved one’s memory<br />
• You may consider including the UF<br />
<strong>Libraries</strong> in your will as a bequest<br />
• There are many naming opportunities<br />
at the nine library facilities<br />
Invest in the libraries <strong>and</strong> help us do<br />
great things! Your gift to the UF<br />
<strong>Libraries</strong> directly benefits UF students,<br />
faculty <strong>and</strong> scholars by helping the<br />
libraries acquire, organize <strong>and</strong> make<br />
accessible the tremendous amount of<br />
information resources, in print <strong>and</strong><br />
electronic form, that are available today.<br />
If you have any questions regarding<br />
these giving opportunities, please do<br />
not hesitate to contact the Development<br />
Office at the UF <strong>Libraries</strong>. I will be<br />
traveling the next couple of months<br />
meeting with library donors to the<br />
Florida Tomorrow Campaign. If<br />
we could find a time to meet I can<br />
share with you the priorities <strong>and</strong><br />
accomplishments of UF <strong>Libraries</strong>. I<br />
would love to meet with you in person,<br />
if given the opportunity.<br />
Respectfully,<br />
Samuel T. Huang<br />
Associate Dean for Development<br />
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Collaboration in the Canal:<br />
The University of Florida <strong>and</strong> the Panama Canal Museum<br />
by Rachel Schipper<br />
Associate Dean for Technology<br />
<strong>and</strong> Support Services<br />
The <strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong>, in<br />
collaboration with the Florida Museum<br />
of Natural History <strong>and</strong> the Harn<br />
Museum of Art, <strong>and</strong> with the support of<br />
the Center for Latin American Studies<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Samuel Proctor Oral History<br />
Program, are preserving <strong>and</strong> archiving<br />
Panama Canal materials for inclusion<br />
in the Latin American Collection.<br />
Uniquely qualified to preserve <strong>and</strong><br />
provide access to these collections,<br />
the <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> have one of<br />
the largest <strong>and</strong> most respected Latin<br />
American repositories in the world.<br />
With the completion of the transfer of<br />
the Panama Canal Museum collection<br />
by July 2012, over 12,000 objects,<br />
photos, books <strong>and</strong> archives will be<br />
added to the <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong>.<br />
The libraries will continue to collect<br />
complementary materials <strong>and</strong> develop<br />
collaborations with global entities for<br />
the loan <strong>and</strong> exchange of collections.<br />
The Panama Canal Museum created a<br />
$100,000 endowment to help preserve<br />
this historic collection for future<br />
generations to enjoy <strong>and</strong> research.<br />
Anyone wishing to contribute to this<br />
collection can do so through four<br />
funds: the Panama Canal Endowment,<br />
the Panama Canal Collection<br />
Processing Fund, the Panama Canal<br />
2014 Events Fund or the Janice G.<br />
Grimison <strong>and</strong> Edward “Ted” W. Scott<br />
Library Memorial Fund to digitize the<br />
Panama American Newspaper.<br />
She mentioned many student <strong>and</strong><br />
faculty opportunities for collaboration,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Judy <strong>and</strong> I will pursue these with<br />
Panamanian Ambassador to the<br />
United States, Mario E. Jaramillo,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Dean of the UF International<br />
Center, David Sammons.<br />
We also met with Angeles Ramos<br />
Baquero, director of the Museo del<br />
Canal Interoceánico de Panamá, who<br />
was able to arrange a meeting with<br />
Raúl Castro Zachrisson, secretary<br />
general of the National Cultural<br />
Institute (INAC). He is heavily<br />
involved as the representative of one<br />
of five nations who take part in the<br />
UNESCO Memory of the World<br />
Project. UF, through the Digital Library<br />
of the Caribbean (dLOC) <strong>and</strong> librarian<br />
Chelsea Dinsmore, participates in the<br />
UNESCO project, as well.<br />
We had the honor of meeting with<br />
members of the Autoridad del Canal<br />
de Panamá administration. Ernesto<br />
Holder, manager of communication<br />
<strong>and</strong> documentation, has a team of<br />
18 people who are recording every<br />
step of the expansion project <strong>and</strong> we<br />
were promised aerial views <strong>and</strong> text<br />
materials for our dLOC project.<br />
The next afternoon was spent touring<br />
the huge canal excavation site with<br />
Jan Kop of the Jan de NUL Group<br />
(Belgium). We talked with Michael<br />
Newberry, vice president, MWH<br />
Global, about the potential of placing<br />
student interns from UF in the canal<br />
for a semester-long experience,<br />
mentoring with engineers on the<br />
expansion project.<br />
At the Visitor Center in Miraflores,<br />
we had a private tour <strong>and</strong> showing<br />
of a movie about the canal. We were<br />
invited to st<strong>and</strong> on the lock, where<br />
we were told only two presidents<br />
have stood.<br />
Upon returning to Gainesville,<br />
discussions have immediately<br />
ensued concerning the planning<br />
for collaboration. The International<br />
Center, the libraries, the Center for<br />
Latin American Studies, the English<br />
Language Institute, those who are<br />
involved in facilitating Fulbright<br />
activities, Museum Studies, <strong>and</strong> our<br />
centennial partners (Harn Museum of<br />
Art, Phillips Center for the Performing<br />
Arts <strong>and</strong> the Florida Museum of<br />
Natural History) will come together to<br />
keep strong the momentum generated<br />
by the Panama Canal Museum<br />
transfer. As the project grows, so does<br />
the University of Florida enthusiasm<br />
for future international partnerships<br />
focused on the Panama Canal.<br />
Dean of University <strong>Libraries</strong> Judy<br />
Russell <strong>and</strong> I recently went to Panama<br />
to identify potential speakers <strong>and</strong><br />
sponsors for the University of Florida<br />
centennial celebration of the Panama<br />
Canal August 2014-August 2015 (see<br />
sidebar).<br />
At the American Embassy we talked<br />
with Alison Brown, Cultural Attaché.<br />
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Vice President of Corporate Affairs Ana Maria P. De Chiquilani; Executive<br />
Vice President, Engineering <strong>and</strong> Programs Management Department Jorge<br />
L. Quijano; Dean of University <strong>Libraries</strong> Judy Russell; Associate Dean,<br />
Technology <strong>and</strong> Support Services Rachel Schipper; <strong>and</strong> Administrator/CEO of<br />
the Autoridad del Canal de Panamá Alberto Alemán Zubieta.
SAVE THE DATE<br />
The Panama Canal<br />
Centennial Celebration<br />
August 2014-August 2015<br />
The centennial celebration kicks off<br />
with a special weekend of activities at<br />
the University of Florida on August<br />
15-17, 2014.<br />
Symphony of the Americas<br />
Friday, August 15, 2014, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Phillips Center for the Performing Arts<br />
Featuring artistic director, Dr. James<br />
Brooks Bruzzese, international<br />
symphony conductor<br />
Keynote Address (confirmation TBA)<br />
Saturday, August 16, 2014, 7:00 p.m.<br />
University Auditorium<br />
Panama <strong>and</strong> the Canal<br />
Florida Museum of Natural History<br />
Multiple exhibits including<br />
partnerships for international<br />
research <strong>and</strong> education<br />
Author Edith Barkowitz Crouch<br />
Sunday, August 17, 2014, 3:00 p.m.<br />
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art<br />
Crouch is the author of The Mola:<br />
Traditional Kuna Textile Art<br />
A mola exhibit will also be on display<br />
Additional exhibits will be in the<br />
libraries <strong>and</strong> other campus locations<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Rachel Schipper at (352) 273-2505 or<br />
rschipper@ufl.edu.<br />
Accommodations<br />
The Hilton University of Florida<br />
Conference Center at Gainesville, 1714<br />
SW 34th Street, has reserved a block<br />
of rooms at the special rate of $129<br />
per night. The hotel is a comfortable<br />
walking distance to the Cultural Plaza<br />
where many of the events take place.<br />
Reservations will be made available<br />
in August 2013. For more hotel<br />
information please visit<br />
www.uf.hilton.com.<br />
Authors<br />
@<br />
UF<br />
an evening with Norman J. W. Goda<br />
by Rececca Jefferson<br />
Head, Isser <strong>and</strong> Rae Price Library<br />
of Judaica<br />
Norman J. W. Goda, the Braman<br />
Professor of Holocaust Studies at the<br />
Center for Jewish Studies, kicked off<br />
the inaugural Authors@UF program,<br />
part of the <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Campus<br />
Conversations Series, on February<br />
22 in <strong>Smathers</strong> Library. The series is<br />
designed to showcase UF authors <strong>and</strong><br />
their scholarship. Goda spoke to a<br />
mixed audience of 70 faculty, students,<br />
staff <strong>and</strong> community members about<br />
his co-authored book, Hitler’s Shadow:<br />
Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Cold War. A lengthy question<br />
<strong>and</strong> answer session followed the talk.<br />
The book Hitler’s Shadow has<br />
been added to the new Authors@<br />
UF Bookshelf (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/<br />
facultybookshelf/all) in the University<br />
of Florida Digital Collections where it<br />
can be read online. An online video is<br />
accessible through the same website.<br />
10th annual ReadFest<br />
The tenth annual ReadFest (formerly<br />
called Read-A-Thon) was held in<br />
front of Library West on April 10-12,<br />
2012. The Edible Book Contest is one<br />
of ReadFest events <strong>and</strong> is popular<br />
with university students, faculty, staff<br />
<strong>and</strong> the community. ReadFest is a<br />
celebration of reading that coincides<br />
with National Library Week each<br />
year in April. See additional photos at<br />
www.uflib.ufl.edu/readfest.<br />
Upcoming Authors@UF<br />
Programs<br />
Wednesday, July 18, 2012<br />
6:15 p.m. in the Architecture <strong>and</strong><br />
Fine Arts Library<br />
Leela Corman, visiting fellow, will<br />
talk about her graphic novel, Unterzakn.<br />
Corman’s new novel about immigrants<br />
on New York’s Lower East<br />
Side has received great reviews from<br />
Publishers Weekly <strong>and</strong> Booklist.<br />
Tuesday, October 16, 2012<br />
5:30-6:30 p.m. in <strong>Smathers</strong> Library,<br />
Room 1A<br />
Professor Richard Scher from the<br />
Department of Political Science<br />
will give an informal talk about his<br />
award-winning book, The Politics of<br />
Disenfranchisement. Scher’s talk will<br />
engage the audience in a conversation<br />
about the tradition of restricting<br />
or denying voting rights to large<br />
numbers of Americans <strong>and</strong> histor-<br />
ical voting barriers.<br />
<strong>Libraries</strong> lose good<br />
friend Mary Jean Hanson<br />
The <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> lost a good<br />
friend when Mary Jean Hanson<br />
passed away on May 2, 2012. Mary<br />
Jean <strong>and</strong> her husb<strong>and</strong> Harold<br />
established “The Harold <strong>and</strong> Mary<br />
Jean Hanson Rare Book Collection<br />
<strong>and</strong> Endowment Fund” in 2003.<br />
Because of their love of rare books,<br />
the collection was named after them.<br />
Mary Jean taught for ten years each<br />
at Santa Fe Community College<br />
<strong>and</strong> Auxtin, Texas.<br />
With the Harold <strong>and</strong> Mary Jean<br />
Hanson Rare Book Endowment<br />
Fund for research, the libraries will<br />
continue Mary Jean <strong>and</strong> Harold’s<br />
vision to build an outst<strong>and</strong>ing rare<br />
book collection at the <strong>George</strong> A.<br />
<strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> at the University<br />
of Florida.<br />
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Dr. Robert Kreamer comic book reference collection<br />
preserves a “tincture of time”<br />
by Jim Liversidge<br />
Popular Culture Collections<br />
Dr. Robert Kreamer’s favorite saying<br />
(heard often by his many patients) was<br />
“All that’s needed now is a tincture of<br />
time.” According to his good friend,<br />
Dr. Sol Davidson, the first Ph.D.<br />
in comics studies from New York<br />
University in 1959, “Dr. Kreamer made<br />
sure to make time in his personal life<br />
for his comics studies. He became a<br />
true comics scholar, analyzing – <strong>and</strong><br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing – the intricate genre.”<br />
Professionally, Dr. Robert “Bob”<br />
Kreamer (1931-2011) was an esteemed<br />
osteopathic physician, earning his<br />
D.O. at Still College (now the College<br />
of Osteopathy) in Des Moines, Iowa.<br />
He was proud to be the first osteopathic<br />
physician to be accepted as a<br />
Fellow by the University of Iowa<br />
cardiology program. Kreamer was<br />
inspired <strong>and</strong> stimulated by the work of<br />
the legendary artist <strong>and</strong> writer Will<br />
Eisner, specifically by his comic newspaper<br />
insert “The Spirit” <strong>and</strong> as a result,<br />
his lifetime avocation began in earnest.<br />
In December 2011, the curatorial staff<br />
of the UF Popular Culture Collections<br />
was pleased to accept the donation of<br />
the “Dr. Robert Kreamer Collection”<br />
of comic books <strong>and</strong> monographs to be<br />
added to the existing holdings in the<br />
“Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection.”<br />
This vintage assortment of various<br />
publications was donated by Dr.<br />
Kreamer’s son, attorney Samuel<br />
Kreamer, the entire Kreamer family<br />
<strong>and</strong> the estate of Robert Kreamer. It is<br />
a colorful <strong>and</strong> valuable treasure trove<br />
for researchers in comic strip <strong>and</strong><br />
comic book history, consisting of 591<br />
individual items. The Kreamer<br />
Collection will be housed <strong>and</strong><br />
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presented as an individual unit under<br />
his name <strong>and</strong> will include miscellaneous<br />
subject anthologies including:<br />
“Peanuts,” “Mad Magazine,” “B.C.,”<br />
“Tumbleweeds,” “The Wizard of Id,”<br />
“Garfield,” “Pogo,” “Beetle Bailey,”<br />
“Prince Valiant,” “Andy Cap,” “Hagar<br />
the Horrible,” etc.; topical collections<br />
“Great Cartoons of the World,” “100<br />
Years of Newspaper Comics,” “Classic<br />
Cartoons of the 1950s,” etc.; <strong>and</strong> a rare<br />
assortment of publications from the<br />
prolific pen of the aforementioned<br />
Will Eisner. Eisner was one of the<br />
most important contributors to the<br />
development of the comic book medium<br />
<strong>and</strong> a leader in the establishment of the<br />
graphic novel as a form of literature.<br />
The Will Eisner “gems” donated to<br />
the Department of Special Collections<br />
include 1972 <strong>and</strong> 1973 annotated<br />
reproductions of “The Spirit” (1940)<br />
from The Detroit News <strong>and</strong> The<br />
Newark Star Ledger; hardback editions<br />
of “The Spirit” (Volumes 1-3); <strong>and</strong><br />
“New York: The Big City” (inscribed<br />
<strong>and</strong> signed by Will Eisner to Dr.<br />
Kreamer – “…Appreciation for your<br />
abiding interest….”).<br />
Dr. Kreamer <strong>and</strong> the Kreamer family<br />
were introduced to the Department of<br />
Special <strong>and</strong> Area Studies Collections<br />
through their friendship with Sol<br />
<strong>and</strong> Penny Davidson, whose own<br />
collection donations originally<br />
exp<strong>and</strong>ed the scope of the comic book<br />
holdings at the University of Florida.<br />
As a result of that association, the<br />
Dr. Robert Kreamer Collection will<br />
join previous donations from the<br />
Davidsons, Dr. Donald Ault, founder<br />
of the comic studies program in the<br />
UF English Department, <strong>and</strong> others<br />
as a rich resource of examination <strong>and</strong><br />
study for the students of the University<br />
of Florida <strong>and</strong> the general public.<br />
The Robert Kreamer Collection can be<br />
accessed in the 2nd floor of <strong>Smathers</strong><br />
Library in the Department of Special<br />
<strong>and</strong> Area Studies Collections. For<br />
more information, call (352) 273-2759.<br />
Dean Russell quoted in<br />
New York Times article<br />
Dean Judy Russell was quoted in the<br />
New York Times article “In a Flood<br />
tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of<br />
Books” on March 3, 2012. The article<br />
describes the physical archive of the<br />
Internet Archive, which has fortyfoot<br />
shipping containers stacked two<br />
by two <strong>and</strong> stuffed with the most<br />
enduring, as well as some of the most<br />
forgettable, books of the era. Every<br />
week, 20,000 new volumes arrive, many<br />
of them donations from libraries <strong>and</strong><br />
universities thrilled to unload material<br />
that has no place in the Internet<br />
Age. The Internet Archive hopes to<br />
eventually collect 10 million items, <strong>and</strong><br />
it has started taking in films as well.<br />
“A lot of libraries are doing pretty<br />
drastic weeding,” said Judith Russell,<br />
the University of Florida’s dean of<br />
libraries who is sending the archive<br />
duplicate scholarly volumes. “It’s very<br />
much more palatable to us <strong>and</strong> our<br />
faculty that books are being sent out<br />
to a useful purpose rather than just<br />
recycled.”<br />
Read the complete article at http://<br />
www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/<br />
technology/internet-archivesrepository-collects-thous<strong>and</strong>s-ofbooks.html?r=2&scp=1&sq=Judith%20<br />
Russell&st=cse
<strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> receive $265,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant<br />
Online resource will provide first-time access to hidden St. Augustine treasures<br />
by Tom Caswell<br />
Architecture <strong>and</strong> Fine Arts Librarian<br />
<strong>and</strong> Curator of Government House<br />
Research Collections<br />
To prepare for the 450th anniversary in<br />
2015 of the founding of St. Augustine,<br />
the <strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
has been awarded $265,000 to build<br />
an online collection of hidden <strong>and</strong><br />
fragile resources related to colonial St.<br />
Augustine.<br />
The grant from the National<br />
Endowment for the Humanities is<br />
the largest <strong>and</strong> one of only four NEH<br />
grants in Florida this year. There are<br />
34 nationally.<br />
The “Unearthing<br />
St. Augustine”<br />
grant, led by<br />
project director<br />
Thomas<br />
Caswell <strong>and</strong><br />
co-director James<br />
Cusick, will<br />
establish a specialized computer<br />
digitization lab at the Government<br />
House in St. Augustine. This two-year<br />
project will create an interactive digital<br />
collection of 10,000 maps, drawings,<br />
photographs <strong>and</strong> documents available<br />
freely online.<br />
Partnering with the <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
to realize this project are the City of<br />
St. Augustine departments of Heritage<br />
Tourism <strong>and</strong> Archaeology, the St.<br />
Augustine Historical Society, the UF<br />
College of Design, Construction <strong>and</strong><br />
Planning <strong>and</strong> the Government House,<br />
which is managed by UF.<br />
The collection will support research<br />
in a broad range of subjects including<br />
Florida <strong>and</strong> U.S. history, Spanish<br />
colonies, Native Americans, slavery,<br />
exploration, architecture <strong>and</strong> urban<br />
planning, social <strong>and</strong> economic<br />
development, missionary work,<br />
military defenses <strong>and</strong> warfare.<br />
When completed, “Unearthing St.<br />
Augustine” will not only satisfy<br />
the needs of a wide variety of<br />
researchers including historians,<br />
archaeologists, architects <strong>and</strong> historic<br />
preservationists, but the project will<br />
also help in telling St. Augustine’s<br />
unique “story” on a global scale.<br />
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Friends of the <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Yes, I support the University of Florida <strong>Libraries</strong>!<br />
I want to join the Friends of the <strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> at the following level:<br />
q $15 Student Friend q $250 Book Friend<br />
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q $125 Contributing Friend<br />
q $1000+ Dean’s Circle<br />
I would like to use my annual membership in the following:<br />
q The Howe Society #004773 q Stewards of Florida History #013861<br />
OR<br />
q <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Purchase Fund #008813<br />
q Special & Area Studies Collections #005433<br />
Latin American Collection #016045<br />
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Asian Studies Collection #016271<br />
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Baldwin Library of Historical<br />
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q Journalism & Comm. Library #017269<br />
q Map & Imagery Library #017267<br />
q Music Library #005387<br />
q Marston Science Library #008591<br />
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Chapter One r 7
GEORGE A. SMATHERS LIBRARIES<br />
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA<br />
Library West • <strong>Smathers</strong> Library • Music Library<br />
Marston Science Library • Education Library<br />
Architecture & Fine Arts Library • Allen H.<br />
Neuharth Journalism <strong>and</strong> Communications Library<br />
Health Science Center <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Judith C. Russell<br />
Dean of University <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Cecilia E. Botero<br />
Associate Dean <strong>and</strong> Director, Health Science<br />
Center <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Diane Bruxvoort<br />
Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources <strong>and</strong><br />
Research Services<br />
Samuel T. Huang<br />
Associate Dean for Development <strong>and</strong> Advancement<br />
Brian W. Keith<br />
Assistant Dean for Human <strong>and</strong> Financial Resources<br />
Rachel A. Schipper<br />
Associate Dean for Technology <strong>and</strong> Support Services<br />
Chapter One is published semi-annually <strong>and</strong><br />
distributed to friends of the libraries <strong>and</strong> selected<br />
institutions. Questions <strong>and</strong> comments should be<br />
addressed to the editor, Barbara Hood, (352) 273-2505,<br />
or bhood@ufl.edu.<br />
www.uflib.ufl.edu/giving/chap_one.html<br />
Dean’s message<br />
Chapter One<br />
<strong>George</strong> A. <strong>Smathers</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
PO Box 117000<br />
Gainesville FL 32611-7000<br />
NON-PROFIT ORG<br />
US POSTAGE PAID<br />
GAINESVILLE FL<br />
PERMIT NO 94<br />
The 2012-2013 libraries budget<br />
will include a 5% reduction in state<br />
appropriated funds, which is a loss<br />
of $1,387,951 from the current year’s<br />
funding. Unfortunately, this will<br />
necessitate reductions in staffing <strong>and</strong><br />
materials. On the materials side, this<br />
is made much more difficult by the<br />
lost purchasing power we experience<br />
annually as the cost of our content,<br />
both print <strong>and</strong> electronic, goes up an<br />
average of 6% per year. While final<br />
budget decisions have not been made<br />
at the time of this message, we are<br />
committed to continuing to meet the<br />
information needs of the University of<br />
Florida community <strong>and</strong> maintain the<br />
libraries role as an important campus<br />
hub to the best of our ability.<br />
The libraries will continue to evolve<br />
<strong>and</strong> transform in order to support<br />
the instructional, research <strong>and</strong> public<br />
service endeavors of the university.<br />
Providing access to all forms of recorded<br />
knowledge relevant to our primary<br />
constituency is the fundamental<br />
responsibility of the libraries.<br />
A collaboration between the Samuel<br />
P. Harn Museum of Art <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Digital Library Center created the<br />
online exhibit “Korean Art: Collecting<br />
Treasures” <strong>and</strong> we are partnering<br />
again with the Harn, the Phillips<br />
Center for the Performing Arts <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Florida Museum of Natural History<br />
to plan events <strong>and</strong> exhibits for the<br />
centennial celebration of the opening<br />
of the Panama Canal in 2014-2015,<br />
<strong>and</strong> promoting the Panama Canal<br />
Collection at the libraries. A number of<br />
colleges <strong>and</strong> centers involving students<br />
<strong>and</strong> faculty will also participate in the<br />
celebration. You can read more about<br />
these on the inside pages the newsletter.<br />
We joined the other State University<br />
System (SUS) libraries to implement<br />
UBorrow last August. Students <strong>and</strong><br />
faculty at the University of Florida <strong>and</strong><br />
the state’s other public universities<br />
now have the ability to borrow<br />
materials from any SUS library with<br />
a single search <strong>and</strong> without leaving<br />
their home institution. Ease of use<br />
<strong>and</strong> increased efficiency are not the<br />
only positive aspects of the system.<br />
UBorrow facilitates the cost-effective<br />
use of library funds by decreasing<br />
the need for duplication of materials<br />
purchased across the state universities.<br />
Collaboration with colleagues <strong>and</strong><br />
organizations at UF <strong>and</strong> beyond<br />
is increasingly important <strong>and</strong> as it<br />
enables us to share resources <strong>and</strong> set<br />
common goals.<br />
Because of the<br />
reduction in<br />
buying power<br />
<strong>and</strong> materials,<br />
gifts to the<br />
libraries at this<br />
time become<br />
even more<br />
crucial. The<br />
University of<br />
Florida will<br />
conclude the<br />
Florida Tomorrow<br />
capital campaign<br />
Judith C. Russell<br />
Dean of University<br />
<strong>Libraries</strong><br />
on September 30, 2012. The libraries<br />
have raised $18 million of our $20<br />
million goal <strong>and</strong> we are hoping to raise<br />
the remaining $2 million by the end of<br />
the campaign.<br />
We are prepared to do whatever<br />
is required to continue to deliver<br />
essential services to our users with<br />
whatever resources we receive from the<br />
state allocation <strong>and</strong> from our friends<br />
<strong>and</strong> supporters. Although this is a<br />
challenging time for the libraries, with<br />
your support, we will develop creative<br />
strategies <strong>and</strong> use opportunities to<br />
continue our mission. Your questions<br />
<strong>and</strong> comments are always welcome, so<br />
please contact me at (352) 273-2505 or<br />
jcrussell@ufl.edu.